I am trying to knit the yoke of the "Athens" cardigan and knit till the yoke and am i stuck for 2 days and not knowing how to proceed. I read it again and again but still don't understand

Can someone help me or i will be stuck? Below is the yoke portion and also there is a special instructions:-SPECIAL TECHNIQUEEyelet Raglan Armholes: (RS) Work to 3 sts before first marker, [sssk, yo, slip marker, k1, yo, k3tog] for Raglan shaping, * work to next marker, work [ to ]; repeat from * 2 times—8 sts decreased. Shape Armholes and Neck(RS) Beginning this row,at each neck edge, dec 1 st every other row 3 (3, 4, 4, 2, 2) times, every 4 rows 7 (8, 8, 8, 10, 11) times as follows: Right Front – k1 (edge st), ssk, continue in patt established; left Front – work across to last 3 sts in patt, k2tog, k1 (edge st). And AT THE SAME TIME, dec 1 st each side of the 4 raglan 'seam' markers every other row 18 (18, 20, 21, 23, 25) times (see Special Techniques), ending with a WS row—9 (7, 7, 5, 5, 5) sts remain each Sleeve; 3 sts remain each Front; 25 (27, 29, 29, 29, 31) sts remain for Back neck.(RS) Work 3 rows even in St st. Bind off all sts.

Can someone help me? I don't want to start another project if i didn't finish this one.

Thank you

sandy57th

09-04-2009 09:14 AM

Knit all the way to 3 sts before your marker.
Slip the next 3 sts to your right needle, as if you were knitting them, but you don't actually work them-- just slip them over.
Then take your left needle and come in the front of them, going right to left and knit those 3 sts together. (There is an SSK video here on this site-- just do the same thing but with 3 sts instead of 2)
Make a yarn over.
Slip your marker over to the right needle.
Knit 1.
Make a yarn over.
Knit the next 3 sts together.

suzeeq

09-04-2009 09:16 AM

The "At the Same Time" instructions mean you're going to decrease both on the neck edge (every other row a few times, then every 4th row a few more times) whily you also do the raglan decreases as stated for the eyelet raglan shaping on every other row.

Sometimes it helps to write these out on a piece of paper. Draw a line down the center, one column is marked as Neck edge, the other Raglan. Then write out the decs for the neck row by row, and the decs fro the raglan also. That way you can keep better track of what you do where and when.